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    • Millennium Building Services
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    • Shorenstein Realty Services
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  • News,  Unico

    Unico Champions Green Cleaning in Downtown Portland with Innovative Training for Union Janitors

    June 13, 2024 /

    Green Janitor Health Certification Program seeking new building manager partners. In downtown Portland, Unico is leading the way in green cleaning. Over the last two years, they’ve trained ​​​​​​29 union janitors at their commercial properties as part of the Green Janitor Health Certification Program. The Green Janitor Health Certification Program provides comprehensive training to janitorial staff about practices that meet the latest energy, water, and green initiative standards. It covers topics like energy efficiency, recycling, waste management, water conservation, and more. Through this program, janitors are encouraged to take part in the building’s goals of improving energy efficiency and building health. This means sharing recommendations on improvements to their worksites,…

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    The good, the bad, and the ugly: how CRE decisionmakers are standing up to COVID-19 – or not

    April 8, 2020 /

    Shorenstein Realty Services, Unico Properties, Nike, and Intel are stepping up to ensure that the essential workers who clean their properties—janitors—are able to support their families during this crisis and are helping to mitigate the health risks and financial impacts of COVID-19 by investing in responsible union janitorial contractors.

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Recent Posts

  • Controversy continues for J.P. Morgan at M Financial Plaza after Arke Management dumps union janitors May 15, 2025
  • Investing in Good Jobs: SKB, JLL, WHI Keep Union Janitors at Five Properties May 15, 2025
  • OHSU’s Latest Investment in Sustainabilty: Training Frontline Workers as Green Janitors May 15, 2025
  • Protests continue at M Financial Plaza, a JP Morgan Chase-owned building that dumped its union janitors March 20, 2025
  • JPMorgan, ‘Tis the season to clean up the mess at M Financial Plaza December 20, 2024

Our Campaign

As the national movement for good jobs and fair wages swells, janitors, security officers, and airport workers from across the country are standing up to raise standards and improve jobs for all workers in our communities.

Locally in Portland and SW Washington, janitors, security officers, and airport workers have joined together to raise standards, improve jobs, and highlight the issues associated with irresponsible janitorial and security contractors such as high-turnover, low pay, lack of dependability, lack of affordable healthcare, and all-around lower standards.

By using responsible contractors in their market, building owners and other clients of subcontractors can take steps to ensure that subcontracted workers hold safe, good jobs and are treated with respect. Responsible contracting reduces the risk of labor disruption and lowers turnover—thereby increasing efficiency and workplace stability—by providing fair wages and benefits that workers deserve.

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